How the Mithraeum of the Mithraic Cult Functioned as Sacred Space in Rome
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2020-06-29
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Sacred space is a complicated subject, and it should be treated as such. Scholarship on the cult of Mithras often simply denotes a space as sacred without any further recognition given to how the space functions as sacred. By applying the theory associated with sacred space I determine that the Mithraeum of the ancient cult of Mithras functioned as sacred space through the boundaries, active and passive role in the human bodily experience, establishing a communal identity and the perceived presence of a deity. That said, each sacred space utilizes these elements in unique ways and as such, there is not one single cohesive application of sacred space.
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Ancient Rome, Antiquity, Religion, Mithras, Mithraeum, Mystery Cult, Sacred Space
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Nadeau, J. T. (2020). How the Mithraeum of the Mithraic Cult Functioned as Sacred Space in Rome (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.